Asis Jainal Urges Halsel Police to Take Child Sexual Abuse Case Seriously in Nurjihad Village
Asis Jaenal Urges Halsel Police to Take Child Sexual Abuse Case Seriously in Nurjihad Village.
LABUHA-MALUT-ASWINNEWS.COM Asis Jaenal, Member of the Regional People’s Representative Council of South Halmahera Regency, urged the Halsel Police to take seriously the alleged child sexual abuse case that occurred in Nurjihad Village, Gane Barat Utara District.
The case occurred in September 2024 last year. This has been officially reported to the Halmahera Selatan Police on February 17, 2025. Until now there has been no development in the alleged case.
The victim with the initials D (12), a 1st grade junior high school student, has undergone examination and provided information in the Examination Report (BAP) and was accompanied by attorney Safri Nyong, S.H., and team.
The case was forwarded to the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of the South Halmahera Police on February 22, 2025.
Asis Hi Jaenal, a member of the Halsel DPRD, Saturday, March 8, 2025, said that cases of violence against women and children in South Halmahera have increased every year, since 2022-2024. Through data collected by the South Halmahera DP3AKB, it shows that from 2022 to 2024 there were 149 cases of violence against women and children.
We, the South Halmahera Regency DPRD, have highlighted the increasingly developing cases so that there needs to be a draft regional regulation on the protection of women and criminal acts of sexual violence which are currently still under discussion.
The case of child intercourse that occurred in Nurjihad Village is not only concerning, but also shows a violation of the basic rights of children that must be protected
Cases like this must receive serious attention from law enforcement officers
“The law must be enforced fairly, because no one is immune from the law,” he said.
He emphasized that the Hal-Sel Resort Police must act firmly against the perpetrators and immediately summon and prosecute them in accordance with applicable legal procedures.